Oracle Linux 7 ELS

Installation

Prerequisites

A valid TuxCare ELS license key
Root access to the server
TCP port 443 open to cln.cloudlinux.com and repo.tuxcare.com
Architecture: x86_64. For other architectures, please contact our sales@tuxcare.com.

Download the install script:

wget https://repo.tuxcare.com/oraclelinux7-els/install-oraclelinux7-els-repo.sh

Run with your license key.
The script registers the server in the CLN with the key, adds a PGP key to the server.
```
sh install-oraclelinux7-els-repo.sh --license-key XXXXXXXX
```

Verify that the installation was successful by running the following command:

yum info els-define

It should return information about the available package. If the package information is displayed, the installation was successful. After that, you can install updates from the repository using a standard yum upgrade command.

Example:

[els@oraclelinux7 ~]# yum info els-define
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Installed Packages
Name        : els-define
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 1
Release     : 1.0.4.el7
Size        : 52
Repo        : installed
From repo   : oraclelinux7-els
Summary     : OEL7 Server els-release file
License     : GPLv2
Description : OEL7 Server els-release file

UEKR6 repository

The installation script does not automatically add the TuxCare UEKR6 repository. If you plan to use the kernel-uek package on your Oracle Linux 7 system, you need to enable the TuxCare UEKR6 repository manually.

Use an editor of your choice to edit the /etc/yum.repos.d/oraclelinux7-els.repo file:
```
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/oraclelinux7-els.repo
```

Add the following lines there to enable the TuxCare UEKR 6 repository:

[oraclelinux7-els-UEKR6]
name = OracleLinux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support by TuxCare UEKR6
baseurl = https://repo.tuxcare.com/oraclelinux7-els/\$elstoken/UEKR6/\$basearch/
enabled = 1

What's next?

OVAL — OVAL security data
CSAF — CSAF security advisories
RSS — Release notifications
Machine-Readable Security Data — Errata, OVAL, CSAF
Supported packages list — Full list of packages covered by ELS
Managing the ELS repository — Updates, local mirror, and other repository operations